_(cropped).jpg) Roache with the Australia Sevens team in 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Dietrich Peter Roache | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (2001-07-06)6 July 2001 (age 24) Sydney,New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 92 kg (203 lb; 14 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Patrician Brothers' College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dietrich Peter Roache (born 6 July 2001) is an Australian professionalrugby union player who plays as awing forShute Shield clubWestern Sydney Two Blues and theAustralia national sevens team.[1][2][3][4]
Born ofSamoan descent from his father,[5] Roache initially playedrugby league for his school,Patrician Brothers' College, Fairfield.[6] Whilst there, he was a part of the Patrician Brothers rugby league team that won theNRL Schoolboy Cup.[7] Roache is aRoman Catholic.[8]
Though his father and uncle played rugby for the former Parramatta Two Blues, Roache did not start playing club rugby until 2018.[6] This came after getting a free ticket to theSydney Sevens in 2018.[5] He gained a reputation as a fast player, being able to run a time of 4.59 seconds over 40 metres. This matched the time ofTrae Williams who missed selection for theAustralian Olympic team for the2020 Olympic Games as a result.[9] He was selected for theNew South Wales Waratahs' Junior under-18 team and part of their development programme.[10] In 2019, he played for Australia at the World Rugby School Sevens and a year later was signed byRugby Australia to their sevens programme.[11]
In 2021, when he was selected for theAustralia national rugby sevens team for their2020 Olympics rugby sevens tournament,[5] he was the youngest member of the team and was given responsibility for taking care of the team's mascotWally.[12] This followed on fromHenry Hutchison at the2016 Summer Olympics where Wally was kidnapped by players from theSweden women's national football team for 24 hours.[6]
Roache competed forAustralia at the2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens inCape Town.[13][14] In 2024, He was named in theAustralian sevens team for theSummer Olympics inParis.[15][16][17]
